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# hungry

«hungry» in Mova's school dictionary: **feeling that you need or want to eat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (hungry, hungrier, hungriest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hungry means feeling that you need or want to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#m1)

2) Hungry can mean wanting something very much: «hungry for success». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#m2)

3) Hungry can describe people who do not have enough food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons, hunger is your body's signal that it needs energy from food; eating regular, healthy meals keeps you from being too hungry. In stories, «as hungry as a wolf» or «starving» shows great hunger. Phrases: «go hungry» (not have food), «hungry for» (eager for), «feel hungry».

### examples

- I am hungry — what's for dinner? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#x1)
- The hungry cat meowed at its bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#x2)
- After swimming we are always hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#x3)
- Eat breakfast so you are not hungry in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#x4)
- Many people in the world go hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#x5)
- The team was hungry for a win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#x6)
- The very hungry caterpillar ate through the leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#x7)
- Are you hungry or just bored? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#x8)
- ‘I am so hungry,’ said Lisa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/#x9)

### note

Comparison: hungrier, hungriest (y changes to i). The noun is «hunger». «Starving» is a very strong word for hungry. Do not confuse «hungry» with «angry», though «hangry» is a joking word for angry because hungry. «Thirsty» means needing drink, not food.

### In the corpora

- [Hungry, he walks into the Red Lion inn in a little town and orders the best lunch they have.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/2/)
- [The car's owners are «hungry, talkative, and gay» (gay = cheerful, in the old meaning).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/21/)
- [What's the trouble?» Toad tells him a tale of lost money and hungry children at home.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket/4/)
- [The smell makes Toad truly hungry for the first time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/7/)
- [The Rat whispers that Badger is always gloomy when he is hungry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hungry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hungry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.